Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.

Malcolm Gladwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: September 3, 1963

Topics

JusticeWorldFairnessIllusion

America has always built ourselves out of adversity. All the way back to the Great Depression.

Jim Gray

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The British press are a group of unremitting scumbags. And sometimes they use that scumbaggery to good ends, and often not.

John Oliver

GoodSometimesGroupBritishPress

On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win.

Robert Reich

WinRepublicanAlwaysPlayingField

You can have a conversation with your eyes.

Sonia Rykiel

EyesYouConversationYour

Much of the way we understand the world is through images. That's what I think good art does - it teaches you how to see the historical moment that you live in.

Trevor Paglen

GoodLiveArtMomentWorldThink

I didn't know how to be a father.

Rohan Marley

FatherKnowHow

Most reputations are not ruined but forgotten.

Mason Cooley

ForgottenMostRuinedReputations

I love fairy tales because I think that behind fairy tales, there is always a meaning.

Monica Bellucci

LoveThinkMeaningAlwaysFairy

I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning.

Mitt Romney

I AmResearchCreatingNewHumanAm

I'm a little insane, and I'm going to be a little different. But hopefully, somewhere in there, in that creative arena, something will emerge that is new and different and unique.

Christopher Priest

CreativeUniqueNewWillLittle

Charlie Christian played amplified guitar with Benny Goodman's quartet. He was the greatest guitar player that ever was. But he never looked up from the guitar. But I put a little dance to it. They appreciate seein' something along with hearin' something.

Chuck Berry

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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

William Shenstone

PowerGreatAngerControlWorldYou

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